Twofer Tuesday so I will begin by naming the two most notable Hatties that I have ever known – my Grandmother and Hattie Dunbar.
But just now I learned of two more to add to my Hattie roster:
The most popular response to turn up if you were to google “Hattie” would be Hattie McDaniel whom you probably know better as Mammy. This from Wiki:
Whereas I had heard of Hattie McDaniel, thanks to Larry Yeatman I have learned of another Hattie who sounds like she would fit right in at Buzzy’s Country Store (click here.)
And speaking of Mammy, there are a couple Al Jolson-singing-Mammy-videos on Youtube; but for some reason they wouldn’t permit me to copy and embed them. However, you should be able to view those videos by clicking here or clicking here.
As for the whole black face controversy, there was this comment following one of the Jolson videos:
